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A Chinese comedy sketch broadcast on state media showing an Asian woman with her face blacked up has drawn accusations of racism. The skit was shown on state broadcaster CCTV on Feb. 16 and depicted the opening of a Chinese-built high-speed rail in Kenya. (CCTV via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Hong Kong contributor
To viewers aware of racism and the unpleasant history of colonialism, the sketch “Joy Together” was full of offensive content.
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Russell Contreras - Associated Press
Unlike the 1968 findings, the new report includes input from African-Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and women who are scholars and offer their own recommendations.
Arts & CultureFilm
Daniel José Camacho
"Black Panther" is an Afrofuturistic superhero film set in the fictional nation of Wakanda.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Antonio De Loera-Brust
When I played hockey, other players of color were few and far between.
Father Michael Carson, assistant director of Native American Affairs at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
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Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"Today, Indians are the poorest of all American ethnic groups," said Father Michael Carson, a Choctaw Indian who is assistant director of Native American affairs for the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church.
Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, chair of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, center right, conducts an interview near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Oct. 2, 2017. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
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Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"The American Catholic Church has continued to be virtually silent," said Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, "which leads us to the question: Why?"